Proctor, US
Alan Proctor, Owasso, OK US
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20140010048 | Sonar System Using Frequency Bursts - A sonar system using frequency bursts. A sonar system for use with a vessel may include a sonar module having a transmitting element configured to generate a transmit signal, where the transmit signal comprises one or more bursts, and where at least one burst comprises a first portion having a first frequency and a second portion having a second frequency different than the first frequency. The sonar system may also include a transducer array in communication with the sonar module, where the transducer array is configured to (i) receive the transmit signal from the transmitting element, (ii) produce one or more sonar beams based on the first frequency and the second frequency, and (iii) receive one or more sonar return signals from an underwater environment. | 01-09-2014 |
20140010049 | Sonar Module Using Multiple Receiving Elements - A sonar module using multiple receiving elements. A sonar module for use with a vessel may include a housing positioned on the vessel. The sonar module may also include one or more transmitting elements positioned inside the housing and configured to send at least one transmit signal to a transducer array. The sonar module may further include a first receiving element, a second receiving element, a third receiving element, and a fourth receiving element positioned inside the housing, where the first receiving element is configured to receive a first sonar data from the transducer array, the second receiving element is configured to receive a second sonar data from the transducer array, the third receiving element is configured to receive a third sonar data from the transducer array, and the fourth receiving element is configured to receive a fourth sonar data from the transducer array. | 01-09-2014 |
20140269163 | Sonar Multi-Function Display With Built-In Chirp Processing - A CHIRP-enabled sonar system includes a transducer having one or more transducer elements for receiving electrical transmission signals and converting the electrical transmission signals into acoustic pulses, and for receiving echo returns and converting acoustic energy of the echo returns into electrical return signals representative of the echo returns. The system further includes a multi-function display unit connected to the transducer so as to receive the electrical return signals representative of the echo returns. The multi-function display unit has a housing that accommodates a display unit having at least one visual display screen, and also accommodates a processor configured to transmit the electrical transmission signals in the form of CHIRP signals. The processor is further configured to perform CHIRP processing on the electrical return signals to produce sonar data. The display unit is arranged to receive the sonar data and display the sonar data as images on the visual display screen. | 09-18-2014 |
20140269192 | SONAR TRANSDUCER ASSEMBLY - A sonar transducer assembly configured for imaging of an underwater environment is provided herein. The sonar transducer assembly includes at least one transmit-only transducer element positioned within a housing and aimed outwardly and downwardly. The at least one transmit-only transducer element is configured to transmit sonar pulses to insonify a first volume. The sonar transducer assembly further includes at least one receive-only transducer element positioned within the housing and aimed outwardly and downwardly. The at least one receive-only transducer element is configured to receive sonar returns from the sonar pulses within a second volume. The second volume is smaller than the first volume and aimed so as to be wholly contained within the first volume. The housing is mountable to the water craft so as to enable rotation of the transducer elements with respect to the water craft. Corresponding systems and methods are also provided. | 09-18-2014 |
20150276930 | SONAR TRANSDUCER ASSEMBLY - A sonar transducer assembly configured for imaging of an underwater environment is provided herein. The sonar transducer assembly includes at least one transmit-only transducer element positioned within a housing and aimed outwardly and downwardly. The at least one transmit-only transducer element is configured to transmit sonar pulses to insonify a first volume. The sonar transducer assembly further includes at least one receive-only transducer element positioned within the housing and aimed outwardly and downwardly. The at least one receive-only transducer element is configured to receive sonar returns from the sonar pulses within a second volume. The second volume is smaller than the first volume and aimed so as to be wholly contained within the first volume. The housing is mountable to the water craft so as to enable rotation of the transducer elements with respect to the water craft. Corresponding systems and methods are also provided. | 10-01-2015 |
Alan Proctor, Knoxville, TN US
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20100046690 | Apparatus and Method for Detection of Fissile Material Using Active Interrogation - A system for interrogating a package, container, vehicle, or similar examination article for the presence of nuclear material. The system typically includes a source of photo-fission energy configured to irradiate the examination article and trigger fission of a fissile or a fissionable material present in the examination article and generate a plurality of fission products, wherein at least one of the plurality of fission products produces a plurality of fission neutrons. A neutron-to-gamma-ray-converter material may be configured to capture up to all of the plurality of fission neutrons and upon capture to emit internal gamma radiation. A gamma radiation detector is typically configured to detect at least a portion of the internal gamma radiation. | 02-25-2010 |
Alan E. Proctor, Knoxville, TN US
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20120112082 | SCINTILLATOR PANEL HAVING UNIFORM OUTPUT RESPONSE - A scintillator panel assembly for gamma ray detection includes a scintillator panel having fluorescent material therein for generating a photon when a gamma ray enters the panel, and one or more non-scintillating segments embedded in opposing edges of the scintillator panel which conduct light but do not generate a photon when a gamma ray enters. One or more photon detectors, such as photomultiplier tubes, are disposed immediately adjacent the one or more non-scintillating segments for receiving photons conducted through the non-scintillating segments. The non-scintillating segments preferably have optical transmission and reflection properties that are substantially the same as the optical transmission and reflection properties of the scintillator panel. This configuration provides substantially uniform light output response for all photon generation locations which results in improved spectral resolution. | 05-10-2012 |
Andrew Proctor, Fayetteville, AR US
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20120295974 | TRANS-, TRANS-CONJUGATED LINOLEIC ACID COMPOSITIONS AND USE THEREOF - This invention relates generally to trans-,trans-conjugated linoleic acid compositions and use thereof, and in particular to trans-,trans-conjugated linoleic acid produced from photoisomerization of soy oil in the presence of an antioxidant, and used in pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and human and animal food compositions for improved health. The invention also relates generally to a method for treatment and prevention of health-related disorders of obesity by administration of pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and/or food compositions containing and/or prepared from trans-,trans-conjugated linoleic acid-rich soy oil. | 11-22-2012 |
20140154393 | CONJUGATED LINOLEIC ACID RICH VEGETABLE OIL PRODUCTION FROM LINOLEIC RICH OILS BY HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSIS - The invention is generally directed to conjugated linoleic acid (CLA)-rich vegetable oil production from linoleic rich oils by heterogeneous catalysis. A heterogeneous catalytic vacuum distillation process is used under high temperature conditions to isomerize linoleic acid in triacylglyceride vegetable oils to CLA to produce CLA-rich oils. After processing, the catalyst may be removed by filtration or centrifugation to obtain high quality, CLA-rich oils. The CLA-rich oils may then serve as a potent and bioactive nutraceutical and can be incorporated into various food products, such as a CLA-rich dressing, margarine or chips. | 06-05-2014 |
Andrew Proctor, Chandler, AZ US
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20100279490 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR LASER SCRIBING WAFERS - A method for singulating dies from a wafer includes laser scribing a continuous line on each side of the die, and laser ablating an area adjacent the laser scribed continuous line on each side of the die. The laser ablations in the area adjacent the laser scribed continuous line on each side of the die being spaced from one another. The method also includes sawing the laser abated area adjacent the continuous line. A method for singulating dies from a wafer includes laser scribing a first continuous line, laser scribing a second continuous line spaced apart from the first continuous line, and laser scribing a third continuous line. The third continuous line positioned between the first continuous line and the second continuous line. The third continuous line overlaps the second continuous line and the third continuous line. | 11-04-2010 |
Benjamin J. Proctor, Tipton, IA US
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20090090076 | WALL PANEL SYSTEM - An improved wall panel system is disclosed. The system includes framed panels having side frame members, a top frame member, and a bottom support structure. Also included are a plurality of connection components including a connector post, an I-beam shaped connector, connectors, and decorative caps. | 04-09-2009 |
Celia A. Proctor, Lead Hill, AR US
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20120282348 | Antimicrobial Silver Hydrogel Composition For The Treatment of Burns And Wounds - An antimicrobial therapeutic hydrogel composition comprises a pharmaceutical and/or medical grade silver salt, and an Aloe vera gel or extract. The composition could also include stabilizing agents, a non-ionic surfactant, polyol, and hydrophilic hygroscopic polymers. The resulting product has potent antimicrobial activity against bacteria, protozoa, fungi and viruses. The antimicrobial therapeutic composition can serve as a treatment for burns and as a wound/lesion dressing that either donates or receives moisture to provide a physiologic environment for accelerated wound healing and the relief of pain. | 11-08-2012 |
Christopher Michael William Proctor, Westfield, IN US
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20140340928 | SET TOP BOX HAVING LIGHT PIPE BRACKET - A light pipe bracket ( | 11-20-2014 |
20150250069 | VERTICAL SLIDING DOOR FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device is described including a sliding vertical door, the sliding vertical door having a top, a bottom, and two vertical sides, wherein each of the two vertical sides has a locking latch at a bottom edge of each of the two vertical sides, the locking latch being between two vertical encouraging slots in each of the two vertical sides of the sliding vertical door, and wherein the siding vertical door has a front face, the front face of the sliding vertical door having a door handle positioned at, near or adjacent to the bottom of the sliding vertical door, the door handle being centered horizontally on the sliding vertical door and a sliding door bay, the sliding door bay having a bottom edge, the sliding door bay having side walls, the side walls having grooves therein. | 09-03-2015 |
20150282388 | HEAT SINK ATTACHMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD - There is provided an electronic device. The electronic device includes a circuit board having heat generating components thereon. The electronic device further includes spring clips or bend tabs. The electronic device also includes a heat sink, disposed over the circuit board, through which heat from the circuit board and the components thereon is released. The heat sink has a generally flat horizontal base and a series of vertically directed fins. The heat sink is secured to at least one of the circuit board and at least one of the components thereon by the spring clips or bend tabs being positioned at a periphery of the horizontal base. The spring clips or bend tabs have distal contact prongs that contact and apply downward force on the horizontal base. | 10-01-2015 |
Christopher Michael William Proctor US
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20150282388 | HEAT SINK ATTACHMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD - There is provided an electronic device. The electronic device includes a circuit board having heat generating components thereon. The electronic device further includes spring clips or bend tabs. The electronic device also includes a heat sink, disposed over the circuit board, through which heat from the circuit board and the components thereon is released. The heat sink has a generally flat horizontal base and a series of vertically directed fins. The heat sink is secured to at least one of the circuit board and at least one of the components thereon by the spring clips or bend tabs being positioned at a periphery of the horizontal base. The spring clips or bend tabs have distal contact prongs that contact and apply downward force on the horizontal base. | 10-01-2015 |
Corinna Paine Proctor, Raleigh, NC US
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20150074564 | FEEDBACK FOR CURSOR LOCATION IN MULTIPLE MONITOR DEVICE CONTEXTS - An aspect provides a method, including: determining a location of a cursor within a display area provided by multiple monitors; defining in the display area a boundary associated with one or more monitors of the multiple monitors; determining that the location of the cursor is proximate to a predetermined location associated with the boundary; and responsive to the determining, providing a notification to a user. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 03-12-2015 |
20150074591 | HANDS-FREE SCROLLING OF DISPLAY CONTENT - An aspect provides a method, including: displaying content on a display screen of an information handling device; detecting, at the information handling device, a trigger for entering into a slow scrolling mode; and automatically scrolling, using a processor of the information handling device, the content on the display screen in the slow scrolling mode; said slow scrolling mode being a mode wherein the content is scrolled to present different content on the display screen; wherein the slow scrolling mode scrolling speed is adjustable without further user input. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 03-12-2015 |
20150227209 | CONTROL INPUT HANDLING - An aspect provides a method, including: accepting, at an input component of an information handling device, input of a user; identifying, using a processor, the input of the user as controlling input; determining, using a processor, one or more control factors associated with the controlling input; classifying, using a processor, the controlling input as one of a permissible control action and an impermissible control action for an application running on the information handling device based on the one or more control factors; and performing an action selected from the group consisting of: accepting, at the input component, confirming input; and providing feedback to one or more users. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 08-13-2015 |
20150227751 | CONTROL INPUT FILTERING - An aspect provides a method, including: accepting, at an input component of an information handling device, input of a user; identifying, using a processor, the input of the user as controlling input; determining, using a processor, one or more control factors associated with the controlling input; classifying, using a processor, the controlling input as a permissible control action for an application running on the information handling device based on the one or more control factors; and committing, using a processor, the permissible control action responsive to the classifying. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 08-13-2015 |
Daniel Proctor, San Diego, CA US
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20130226219 | INTRAGASTRIC DEVICE - Devices and methods for treating obesity are provided. More particularly, intragastric devices and devices for inflating and methods of fabricating, deploying, inflating, monitoring, and retrieving the same are provided. | 08-29-2013 |
David Proctor, Bellevue, WA US
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20110064012 | WIRELESS SUPPORT FOR PORTABLE MEDIA PLAYER DEVICES - A portable media player device is capable of operating in a wireless network. The wireless portable media player device can bootstrap and synchronize with an ad hoc network with low power consumption. Neighbor portable media player devices in an ad hoc network can be discovered by the wireless portable media player device. The portable media player device can establish and terminate connections to neighbor portable media player devices. The portable media player device can transfer data in a high speed data transfer mode or a power save data transfer mode, while concurrently permitting discovery by other devices. The portable media player device operates in a power save mode during an inactive portion of a periodic discovery interval. | 03-17-2011 |
David W. Proctor, Los Gatos, CA US
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20090024757 | Automatic Protocol Determination For Portable Devices Supporting Multiple Protocols - A removable storage device that automatically selects a communication protocol to exchange information with a host computer includes a physical layer interface, a protocol failure detection module, a connect and disconnect emulator, an insert and removal detector, and internal control logic. The internal control logic coordinates detecting an attachment of the device to a target host computer and attempting an initial protocol for communication with the target host computer. The logic also logically disconnects and reconnects to the target host computer if the protocol failure detector indicates that the initial protocol has failed and then attempts a second protocol for communications with the target host computer. If successful, the device sets a success indicator to record which protocol was finally successful for communications with the target host computer. The success indicator is subsequently used to indicate which protocol to try first when the device is reconnected to a host computer. | 01-22-2009 |
David Walter Proctor, Bellevue, WA US
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20090004973 | Activity Illumination - A method to indicate that a first device is in communication with a second device is disclosed. The first device may receive an indication activity from the second device. The indication activity may change the display and the illumination object on the first device and the displays on the illumination object and the display are similar. | 01-01-2009 |
20140080604 | ACTIVITY ILLUMINATION - A method to indicate that a first device is in communication with a second device is disclosed. The first device may receive an indication activity from the second device. The indication activity may change the display and the illumination object on the first device and the displays on the illumination object and the display are similar. | 03-20-2014 |
Douglas E. Proctor, Rochester, NY US
Harry G. Proctor, Marriottsville, MD US
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20120269461 | SECURITY RECEPTACLE FOR PACKAGES - The security receptacle for packages provides protection for delivered packages and parcels. The receptacle is fabricated from a flexible, weather-resistant, cut-resistant material capable of expanding to accommodate variously sized packages. A lockable, zippered top is provided to securely close the receptacle. The bottom of the receptacle is adapted to accommodate a cable lock to secure the container to a stationary object. A facility is provided to store the receptacle when not in use, | 10-25-2012 |
Iain Andrew Russell Proctor, Palo Alto, CA US
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20110179347 | HIGH PERFORMANCE PHP - Markup language documents including server side scripting code using PHP syntax are executed efficiently in response to requests received by a server. The processing of the markup language document results in generation of a transformed markup language document that is returned in response to the request. The server side script code is input to a compiler that generates C++ code (or code in any object-based language based on C language) implementing the functionality of the server side script code. The C++ code is compiled to generated object code which is executed in order to process the markup language document. The generated C++ code includes functionality supported by PHP language including redeclaration of functions, dynamic variables, global variables, and the like. The generated C++ code invokes memory allocation code that allocates and deallocates objects obtained by instantiating the generated C++ classes. | 07-21-2011 |
20130237254 | Substantially Continuous Location Logging for Geographic-Positioning Capable Devices - In one embodiment, a method includes recording a first location of a mobile device; determining, by one or more processors of a geographic-positioning component of the mobile device, on a periodic basis, a current location of the mobile device; determining, by the processors of the geographic-positioning component, whether the current location is outside a geographic region defined at least in part by the first location; and if the current location is outside the geographic region, then transmitting, by the processors of the geographic-positioning component, a message to one or more other processors of the mobile device, the message causing one or more of the other processors to transition from a sleep state to an active state. | 09-12-2013 |
20130238700 | Dynamic Duty-Cycling of Processor of Mobile Device Based on Operating Condition of Mobile Device - In one embodiment, a method includes recording a first location of a mobile device; determining, by one or more processors of a geographic-positioning component of the mobile device, on a periodic basis, a current location of the mobile device; determining, by the processors of the geographic-positioning component, whether the current location is outside a geographic region defined at least in part by the first location; and if the current location is outside the geographic region, then transmitting, by the processors of the geographic-positioning component, a message to one or more other processors of the mobile device, the message causing one or more of the other processors to transition from a sleep state to an active state. | 09-12-2013 |
20140196005 | HIGH PERFORMANCE PHP - Markup language documents including server side scripting code using PHP syntax are executed efficiently in response to requests received by a server. The processing of the markup language document results in generation of a transformed markup language document that is returned in response to the request. The server side script code is input to a compiler that generates C++ code (or code in any object-based language based on C language) implementing the functionality of the server side script code. The C++ code is compiled to generated object code which is executed in order to process the markup language document. The generated C++ code includes functionality supported by PHP language including redeclaration of functions, dynamic variables, global variables, and the like. The generated C++ code invokes memory allocation code that allocates and deallocates objects obtained by instantiating the generated C++ classes. | 07-10-2014 |
20150046554 | Dynamic Duty-Cycling of Processor of Mobile Device Based on Operating Condition of Mobile Device - In one embodiment, a method includes recording a first location of a mobile device; determining, by a geographic-positioning component of the mobile device, on a periodic basis, a trajectory of the mobile device, wherein the trajectory is calculated based on present and past user locations; determining, by the geographic-positioning component, whether the trajectory is outside a geographic region defined at least in part by the first location; and if the trajectory is outside the geographic region, then transmitting, by the processors of the geographic-positioning component, a message to one or more other processors of the mobile device, the message causing one or more of the other processors to transition from a sleep state to an active state. | 02-12-2015 |
James A. Proctor, Indiatlantic, FL US
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20130136111 | SIGNALING FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - A communication system, such as a wireless CDMA system, detects markers with fewer errors by having field units transmit the markers at different power levels (e.g., 9 dB for one marker and 11 dB for another marker). The difference in power levels of the markers allows the base station to identify the request markers using alternative criteria with a low probability of error, where the alternative criteria may include comparing the markers to respective energy level thresholds, monitoring occupancy of time slots, occupancy of mutually exclusive code channels, or combinations thereof. For example, in one particular embodiment, a request marker, which is generally a high priority marker, is transmitted with higher power, which improves the probability of detection and reduces the probability of false detection of the request marker. | 05-30-2013 |
20140185570 | ALTERNATE CHANNEL FOR CARRYING SELECTED MESSAGE TYPES - A method is implemented by a subscriber unit in a wireless communication for establishing a network session. The subscriber unit encodes an acknowledgment message for transmission on a shared reverse link channel to a base station. Acknowledgment information associated with a received session tag at the subscriber unit to the base station is transmitted over the shared reverse link channel, on a condition that the session tag is received from a network server via the base station on a forward link channel and identified by the subscriber unit. The acknowledgment is transmitted on a reverse traffic channel on a condition that the session ID tag is not identified by the subscriber unit. | 07-03-2014 |
20150222392 | MAXIMIZING DATA RATE BY ADJUSTING CODES AND CODE RATES - The present invention provides for making code rate adjustments and modulation type adjustments in a pseudonoise (PN) encoded CDMA system. Coding rate adjustments may be made by changing the number of information bits per symbol, or Forward Error Code (FEC) coding rate. A forward error correction (FEC) block size is maintained at a constant amount. Therefore, as the number of information bits per symbol are increased, an integer multiple of bits per epoch is always maintained. The scheme permits for a greater flexibility and selection of effective data rates providing information bit rates ranging from, for example, approximately 50 kilobits per second to over 5 mega bits per second (Mbps) in one preferred embodiment. | 08-06-2015 |
James A. Proctor, Indialantic, FL US
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20080225991 | Method for searching pilot signals to synchronize a CDMA receiver with an associated transmitter - A method for synchronizing a CDMA receiver to a transmitter when an adaptive antenna is utilized to receive transmitted data, wherein a receiving antenna system is adapted between a 360° reception angle pattern (i.e., an omni-directional pattern) and a fixed reception angle (i.e., a directional pattern) by permitting the receiver to identify a pilot signal having the largest magnitude. The receiver minimizes interference from other pilot signals by steering antenna pattern nulls toward other transmitters. As a result, the time required for the receiver to acquire a valid pilot signal is significantly reduced. | 09-18-2008 |
20130223429 | VARIABLE RATE CODING FOR ENABLING HIGH PERFORMANCE COMMUNICATION - A protocol for optimizing the use of coded transmissions such as over wireless links. In this technique, interframes are split into segments selected to be an optimum size according to transmission characteristics of the radio channel. The inverse process is applied at the receiver. Using this scheme, segments containing erroneous data may be resent. | 08-29-2013 |
20130301636 | MINIMAL MAINTENANCE LINK TO SUPPORT SYNCHRONIZATION - A method for use in a field unit operable in a wireless communication network. The method includes receiving an indication of a plurality of access identifiers from a base station. The field unit selects an access identifier from the plurality of access identifiers received from the base station. The selected access identifier is associated with a type of field unit request. The field unit transmits the selected access identifier to the base station. The field unit then receives a message from the base station. The message is based on the transmitted selected access identifier. The message contains a timing adjustment that indicates an amount to advance timing. A corresponding field unit apparatus, a base station method, and corresponding base station apparatus is also disclosed. | 11-14-2013 |
20140376539 | REVERSE LINK PILOT INTEGRATED WITH BLOCK CODES - A technique for encoding digital communication signals. Data symbols are augmented in pilot symbols inserted at predetermined positions. The pilot augmented sequence is then fed to a deterministic error correction block encoder, such as a turbo product coder, to output a coded sequence. The symbols in the error correction encoded sequence are then rearranged to ensure that the output symbols derived from input pilot symbols are located at regular, predetermined positions. As a result, channel encoding schemes can more easily be used which benefits from power of two length block sizes. | 12-25-2014 |
20150131620 | COMMUNICATING REFERENCE AND DATA INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - A mobile device may generate reference bits. The mobile device may also produce a frame to send in an uplink transmission having two portions selectively with the reference bits or data bits. | 05-14-2015 |
James Kenneth Proctor, Nashville, NC US
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20140262883 | PACKAGING SYSTEM FOR OXYGEN-SENSITIVE DRUGS - Described herein are pharmaceutical packaging systems which prevent oxidative degradation of oxygen-sensitive drugs, such systems including a primary packaging container with an oxygen permeable component, a secondary packaging with very low permeability to oxygen and an oxygen absorber. | 09-18-2014 |
James N. Proctor, Huntington, NY US
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20150163189 | SOCIAL MESSAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD - Embodiments of the invention provide a system for facilitating user engagement with a high profile person or brand including program logic defining a content message service that facilitates engagement of a user with a high profile person. When executed by a processor the program logic performs steps to enable user account formation, content category selection and viewing, creation and posting of a content message, calculating a content message ranking and a decay for each posted content message, displaying a content message, and enabling a user to create a votable answer. The steps include compiling a total number of content messages composed by the user, the total number of responses to the messages, the high profile person viewing or response total from the high profile person's viewing or response behavior to the content message and assigning a status category, score, and status value to the user. | 06-11-2015 |
Jeff James Proctor, Chandler, AZ US
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20120006870 | Support structure for electronic visual display device - A support structure for an electronic visual display device with a pair of vehicle head rest post clamping members, a first and second extension rod, a first and second joint member and an electronic device support plate. The first extension member is L shaped. One end end protrudes into and locks to the headrest post attachment members. The opposite end terminates in a ball shaped member. The second extension rod terminates at each end in a ball shaped members. The support plate has a ball shaped member fixed to its underside. The joint members connect the first and second extension rods to the underside of the support plate. The plate has a clamping member that can retain the visual display device. The joint members clamp on the ball shaped members when joint locking knobs are turned allowing the display to be positioned in a desired location. | 01-12-2012 |
Jeremiah C. Proctor, Brandywine, MD US
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20090289446 | AUTOMATIC FLAP LIFTER AND METHOD - The present invention relates to a mud flap lifting system for raising and lowering a pair of mud flaps connected to a rear portion of a vehicle and suspended behind corresponding rear wheels of the vehicle. A shaft extends between the mud flaps. First and second sheaves are disposed on the shaft, wherein each of the sheaves is aligned with one of the mud flaps. A pair of cables is provided, each of the cables having a first end connected to one of the sheaves and a second end connected to the correspondingly aligned mud flap. A motor is coupled to the shaft, wherein the shaft is axially rotated upon actuation of the motor. Each of the cables is coiled around the corresponding sheave upon rotation of the shaft in a first direction, thereby raising the mud flaps. | 11-26-2009 |
John Proctor, Fairfax, CA US
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20140161151 | Line & pipe flexible temperature sensor assembly - A temperature sensor assembly is disclosed, formed of flexible, resilient, and insulative material, so that a contact temperature sensor, situated in a housing and connected to an electrical meter, may be affixed temporarily or permanently to a (generally) cylindrical tube, pipe, or other “line,” the distal ends of the housing straps stretched and tensioned to press the housing and contact temperature sensor on to the exterior of such fluid line to keep the housing in the correct position on the fluid line, and the distal ends of the straps joined to secure the assembly to the fluid line, so that the temperature on the exterior of the fluid line, and the temperature of the fluid therewithin, may thereby be measured. | 06-12-2014 |
John Proctor, Fishers, IN US
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20140316537 | SAFETY CRITICAL CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - This disclosure involves a method of controlling a safety critical control device, the method comprising: sending user inputs to a first state machine, identifying user inputs by the first state machine, determining the correct state to communicate to a second state machine, the correct state being determined by selecting one state of a plurality of states depending on the user inputs, communicating the correct state to a second state machine through a control bus, and determining the correct state for the second state machine based on communication from the control bus. | 10-23-2014 |
John D. Proctor, Wellsville, NY US
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20110061831 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NON-CONTACT SENSING TO MINIMIZE LEAKAGE BETWEEN PROCESS STREAMS IN AN AIR PREHEATER - A rotary air preheater | 03-17-2011 |
Josh Proctor, Henderson, NV US
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20150058448 | INTERNET VIDEO STREAMING SYSTEM - The present invention is an Internet video streaming system. Users create video and upload the video to a remote computer system. The system aggregates a set of related video feeds into events, which may be determined by metadata associated with the video feeds. The video feeds and/or events are combined with the user's other social media sites. Real-time chat is provided so that users may discuss the video feeds in real time. Information from the video metadata and/or chat is used to display targeted advertisements to the user. The remote computer system re-encodes the uploaded video data into one or more different formats. The system determines the amount of bandwidth available to each user and adjusts the quality of the encoded video stream to maximize bandwidth usage without exceeding latency limits. | 02-26-2015 |
Karen Proctor, Westminster, CO US
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20100097947 | VoIP Network Element Performance Detection for IP NSEP Special Service - A system and method for receiving performance measurements for a communications network, generating alerts based on each performance measurement and a corresponding performance threshold, receiving network traps from network elements of the communications network, each network trap being generated by the network element based on a process measurement and a corresponding process threshold and correlating the alerts and the network traps to generate correlated alerts. | 04-22-2010 |
Kelly Lewis Proctor, Brunswick, GA US
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20100058674 | MOBILE ENVIRONMENT CONTAINMENT UNIT - A mobile environmental containment unit has an upper frame with a sealing surface, a flexible, transparent impermeable envelope with an open top and one or more access openings that depends from the upper frame, and a lower frame that is supported by the envelope. The upper frame of the unit is supported by telescoping support members with the sealing surface of the upper frame and the open top of the envelope fitted against a portion of a ceiling which is accessible by a workman via the one or more access openings and the open top of the envelope. | 03-11-2010 |
Kenneth G. Proctor, Miami, FL US
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20100160230 | UBIQUITIN AND UBIQUITIN RELATED MOLECULES FOR TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF HARMFUL ACTIVATION OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM - Compositions and methods for suppressing the immune system of a mammal using ubiquitin and derivatives and analogs thereof. | 06-24-2010 |
Lance Proctor, Kent, WA US
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20080285478 | Transporting GSM packets over a discontinuous IP Based network - A system for transferring data includes an interface configured to receive data that is sent via a first link, and a processor coupled to the interface. The processor is configured to: receive data that is sent via a first link; determine whether there is discontinuity in the received data, the determination being based at least in part on information included in the received data; in the event that the received data includes a discontinuity, generate replacement data that repairs the discontinuity; and transmit at least a portion of replacement data to a second link such that a synchronization requirement associated with the second link is fulfilled. | 11-20-2008 |
20110310803 | TRANSPORTING GSM PACKETS OVER A DISCONTINUOUS IP BASED NETWORK - A system for transferring data includes an interface configured to receive data that is sent via a first link, and a processor coupled to the interface. The processor is configured to: receive data that is sent via a first link; determine whether there is discontinuity in the received data, the determination being based at least in part on information included in the received data; in the event that the received data includes a discontinuity, generate replacement data that repairs the discontinuity; and transmit at least a portion of replacement data to a second link such that a synchronization requirement associated with the second link is fulfilled. | 12-22-2011 |
Larry Proctor, Coppell, TX US
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20100145940 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING ELECTRONIC TEXT - Systems and methods for systematically analyzing an electronic text are described. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving the electronic text from a plurality of sources. The method also includes determining an at least one term of interest to be identified in the electronic text. The method further includes identifying a plurality of locations within the electronic text including the at least one term of interest. The method also includes for each location within a plurality of locations, creating a snippet from a text segment around the at least one term of interest at the location within the electronic text. The method further includes creating multiple taxonomies for the at least one term of interest from the snippets, wherein the taxonomies include an at least one category. The method also includes determining co-occurrences between the multiple taxonomies to determine associations between categories of a different taxonomies of the multiple taxonomies. | 06-10-2010 |
Larry L. Proctor, Coppell, TX US
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20090119275 | METHOD OF MONITORING ELECTRONIC MEDIA - Consumer-generated media (CGM) and/or other media are monitored to allow an organization to become aware of, and respond to, issues that may affect how it is perceived by the public. An extract, transform, load (ETL) engine is used to process CGM and other media content, and an analytical engine utilizes a multi-step progressive filtering approach to identify those documents that are most relevant. The filtering approach includes executing broad queries to extract relevant content from different CGM and other sources, extracting text snippets from the relevant content and performing de-duplication, defining organizational identity (e.g., brand name, trade name, or company name) and hot-topic models using a rule-based and statistical-based approach, and using the models together in an orthogonal filtering approach to effectively generate alerts and reports. The methodology is found to be substantially more effective compared to a conventional keyword based approach. | 05-07-2009 |
Larry Lee Proctor, Coppell, TX US
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20090177963 | Method and Apparatus for Determining a Purpose Feature of a Document - A method of summarizing a document includes a step of extracting one or more sections of the document. The method also includes a step of separating at least one of the one or more extracted sections into one or more subsections based at least in part on a conjunctive structure of the section, wherein each subsection comprises one or more terms. The method also includes steps of determining whether one or more terms within a designated set of terms are present within at least one of the one or more subsections and, responsive to a determination that one or more terms within the designated set of terms are present within at least one of the one or more subsections, removing the one or more terms from the one or more subsections. The method also includes a step of aggregating at least a portion of the one or more sections into a summary of the document. | 07-09-2009 |
Lee Proctor, Cary, IL US
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20090275403 | Limiting access to shared media content - A method and system for limiting access to shared content media items stored in a device. The method establishes a connection with another device and initiates a session with the other device. The method synchronizes the device and the other device by receiving a copy of content media items stored on the other device, and storing the received copy of the content media items as shared content media items on the device. The synchronizing of the device and the other device may include transmitting a copy of content media items stored on the device to the other device. The method allows a user operating the device to access the content media items, but restricts access to the shared content media items based on the status of the session with the other device. | 11-05-2009 |
Lee M. Proctor, Cary, IL US
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20080261628 | INTER-SYSTEM PAGING CONTROL - A method, information processing system, and wireless communication system for dynamically updating paging slot cycles associated with a wireless device ( | 10-23-2008 |
20150163764 | VIDEO ASSISTED LINE-OF-SIGHT DETERMINATION IN A LOCATIONING SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for video assisted line-of-sight determination of a mobile communication device in a locationing system includes sending signals from a plurality of fixed transmitters within the environment to a nearby mobile communication device for locationing the mobile communication device. An imaging device observes the mobile communication device or a user carrying the mobile communication device within the environment, and recognizes when the mobile communication device is not in a line-of-sight condition with at least one nearby transmitter, wherein a signal from the at least one nearby transmitter is obstructed. A locationing system parameter is modified for that obstructed signal such that the mobile communication device can be locationed using the modified locationing signal parameter. | 06-11-2015 |
Louise Proctor, Hollywood, FL US
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20140008318 | TRAVEL BOTTLE - Various embodiments of a travel bottle are disclosed. | 01-09-2014 |
Marcus L. Proctor, Westminster, CO US
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20100097947 | VoIP Network Element Performance Detection for IP NSEP Special Service - A system and method for receiving performance measurements for a communications network, generating alerts based on each performance measurement and a corresponding performance threshold, receiving network traps from network elements of the communications network, each network trap being generated by the network element based on a process measurement and a corresponding process threshold and correlating the alerts and the network traps to generate correlated alerts. | 04-22-2010 |
Michele Lea Proctor, Raleigh, NC US
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20130139816 | PORTABLE RESPIRATORS SUITABLE FOR AGRICULTURAL WORKERS - Portable personal respiratory protection devices include a self-contained head gear member with a chin collar that has a front segment that defines a mouth portion and attaches to a back segment that resides over ears of a user and extends about a lower back segment of a head of the user. The head gear includes a visually transmissive face mask extending upwardly from the front segment of the chin collar that, in position, sealably engages a face of the user. The head gear has an open upper portion residing between an outer upper perimeter of the face mask and the back segment of the chin collar that, when worn, is adapted to expose a top and upper rear portion of a head of the user to environmental conditions. | 06-06-2013 |
Neil Proctor, Scottsdale, AZ US
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20150186546 | WEB PAGE CUSTOMIZATION BASED ON EXPERTISE LEVEL OF A USER - A Web site, through the use of a Rules Engine, determines an expertise level of a User for one or more topics on a Web page. The Rules Engine may analyze User related data, such as the search term used by the User to find the Web site, the past products purchased by the User, the path through the Web site taken by the User, the usage history by the User on the Web site, the demographics of the User and/or the self declared expertise level of the User, to determine an expertise level of the User for the topics on the Web page. A Display Engine may customize a Web page based on the expertise levels of a User so that topics on the Web page are presented in a manner most appropriate for the User. An Email Engine may be used to customize emails to the User so that topics in the email are presented in manner most appropriate for the User. A Support Entity Engine may also be used to route an incoming support inquiries from a User to an appropriate technical support person for the User. | 07-02-2015 |
Neil Proctor, Cave Creek, AZ US
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20150220997 | Reputation Tiers for a Marketing Campaign - Systems and methods of the present invention provide for one or more server computers communicatively coupled to a network and configured to: transmit a marketing campaign from a first virtual internet protocol (IP) address; identify, during a transmission of the marketing campaign, a quantity of undeliverable or unsolicited email; determine whether the quantity of undeliverable or unsolicited email is equal to or greater than a threshold quantity of undeliverable or unsolicited email; and responsive to a determination that the quantity of undeliverable or unsolicited email is equal to or greater than the threshold quantity, transmit, prior to a conclusion of the transmission, the marketing campaign from a second virtual IP address. | 08-06-2015 |
Peter H. Proctor, Houston, TX US
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20140187580 | Spin Traps and Spin Labels for the Treatment of Rectal Hemorrhoids - Nitrone, nitroso, and nitroxide spintraps and spin labels and their reduction products are claimed for the treatment of rectal hemorrhoids and rectal fissures. | 07-03-2014 |
Peter Herber Proctor, Houston, TX US
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20120115905 | Nitrone, Nitroso, and Nitroxide Spintraps and Spin Labels and Their Hydroxylamines - Nitrone, nitroso, and nitroxide spintraps and spin labels and their reduction products are claimed for the prevention and treatment of fibrocystic disease of breast, premenstrual dysphoric syndrome and associated symptomology, prevention and treatment of migraine headache, cyclic vomiting syndrome, rectal hemorrhoids, trigeminal neuralgia, peripheral vascular disease, influenza, peridontitis and gingivitis, herpes zoster, herpes simplex, and post-herpetic neuralgia. | 05-10-2012 |
Peter Herbert Proctor, Houston, TX US
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20140275166 | SPINTRAPS AND SPIN LABELS AND THEIR HYDROXYLAMINES FOR PERI- AND POST-MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME - Spin-traps and spin labels and their reduction products are claimed for the treatment of peri- and post-menopausal syndrome. | 09-18-2014 |
Raymond John Proctor, San Diego, CA US
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20100163734 | BULK MATERIAL ANALYZER ASSEMBLY INCLUDING STRUCTURAL BEAMS CONTAINING RADIATION SHIELDING MATERIAL - A bulk material analyzer (FIG. | 07-01-2010 |
Richard Proctor, Madison, WI US
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20100196877 | METHOD OF DETECTION OF MICROORGANISMS WITH ENHANCED BACTERIOPHAGE AMPLIFICATION - A method of determining the presence or absence of a target microorganism in a sample to be tested, the method comprising: combining with the sample an amount of bacteriophage capable of attaching to the target microorganism to create a bacteriophage exposed sample, and a substance which enhances bacteriophage amplification or sensitivity; providing conditions to the bacteriophage-exposed sample sufficient to allow the bacteriophage to infect the microorganism; and assaying the bacteriophage-exposed sample to detect the presence or absence of a bacteriophage marker to determine the presence or absence of the target microorganism. | 08-05-2010 |
Richard Proctor, Pleasanton, CA US
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20080245004 | AUTOMATIC TAKE-UP DEVICE AND IN-LINE COUPLER - A tension connection for a building includes a first elongated tension member having proximal and distal ends, the first elongated tension member being anchored at its distal end, a second elongated tension member having proximal and distal ends, the second elongated tension member being anchored at its distal end, and the proximal ends of the first and second elongated tension members being disposed in close proximity and connected by a coupler, having a surrounding sleeve, the coupler being formed with a connection end and a take-up end, and a central bore wherein at least a portion of the central bore is formed as a substantially cylindrical inner surface and wherein at least a portion of the cylindrical inner surface is formed with a thread, the coupler also being formed with a first rotational member, having a distal end and a proximal end, the rotational member being received in the central bore of the surrounding sleeve and operatively connected to the surrounding sleeve, the first rotational member having a cylindrical outer surface formed with a thread that mates with the thread of the cylindrical inner surface of the surrounding sleeve and is connected to the surrounding sleeve only by the mating attachment of the thread on the cylindrical outer surface with the thread of the surrounding sleeve, such that the rotational member can rotate in relation to the surrounding sleeve, and a torsion spring connects the first rotational member and the surrounding sleeve, the torsion spring biasing the first rotational member and the surrounding sleeve in opposite rotational directions such that the first rotational member can be drawn into the surrounding sleeve. | 10-09-2008 |
Richard A. Proctor, Madison, WI US
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20090035353 | NON-ABSORBENT ARTICLES CONTAINING ADDITIVES - Non-absorbent articles containing an additive are disclosed. The non-absorbent articles include an effective amount of an inhibitory compound such as cerulenin, triclosan, or hexachloroprene, for example, to substantially inhibit the production of TSST-1 by Gram positive bacteria. | 02-05-2009 |
20100274071 | Aromatic Compositions As Inhibitors Of Exoprotein Production In Non-Absorbent Articles - Non-absorbent articles are disclosed. The non-absorbent articles include an effective amount of an aromatic inhibitory compound to substantially inhibit the production of exotoxins by Gram positive bacteria. The aromatic inhibitory compounds of the present invention have the general formula: | 10-28-2010 |
Richard I. Proctor, San Rafael, CA US
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20100088996 | APPARATUS FOR MOUNTING A SOLAR PANEL OR OTHER ARTICLE TO A ROOF OR OTHER STRUCTURE - An apparatus for mounting an article to a roof includes a base plate, threaded stud, lag bolts, spacer, and flashing. The base plate includes bolt holes to accommodate the lag bolts to secure the base plate to the roof. The threaded stud is secured to and extends vertically from the base plate. The spacer is inserted over the stud so that the stud passes through an aperture in the spacer, and is secured by a nut. The spacer acts as a lift for mounting an article up off the roof, thereby permitting drainage. The spacer includes a recess to accommodate the head of a lag bolt. The wrap-around flashing is captured between the base plate and spacer, creating a water free environment underneath the assembled unit. The flashing slides up underneath the roofing shingles to prevent water from penetrating the structure, and includes a lip to accommodate the base plate, and a detent to accommodate the bolt heads beneath it. | 04-15-2010 |
Richard L. Proctor, Seattle, WA US
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20090096426 | GENERATOR CONTROLLER - A generator controller, in its various embodiments, displays genset fault messages, a genset elapsed time hour meter, service countdown reminder, monitors battery voltage changes over multiple periods of time to establish and display the “battery level,” uses the “battery level” to automatically start and stop the genset, and accepts multiple run requests from AC loads such as HVAC systems, and incorporates safety or other start inhibit features. | 04-16-2009 |
Robert Proctor, Lakewood, CO US
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20090099629 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PATIENT TEMPERATURE CONTROL - A patient temperature control system and method are provided for automated temperature control according to a programmed protocol. In one aspect, at least one programmed protocol may be established for each of a plurality of patient thermal therapy phases. In turn, the temperature of a thermal exchange medium may be controlled, based at least in part, upon the programmed protocol, during each of the phases. In another aspect, a plurality of programmed protocols may be established, wherein a selected one of the protocols (e.g. selected by a user at a user interface) may be utilized for automated temperature control during patient thermal therapy. The protocol(s) may include a target patient temperature and/or a set duration for one or more of the phase of thermal therapy. Further, the protocol(s) may be user-definable and modifiable during therapy. In a multi-phase configuration, automatic termination and initiation of successive phases may be selectively established by a user, based on target patient temperature data and/or set duration data on a phase-specific basis. | 04-16-2009 |
Robert Proctor, Cincinnati, OH US
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20120006615 | HIGH PRESSURE DROP MUFFLING SYSTEM - A system for venting a high-pressure flow stream is disclosed, the system comprising a device having a plurality of orifice plates, each orifice plate having a plurality of orifices, wherein the plurality of orifice plates are oriented relative to each other such that the pressure of the flow stream substantially drops. | 01-12-2012 |
Robert Proctor, Durham, NC US
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20090230905 | Back Electro-Motive Force (BEMF) Commutation and Speed Control of a Three-Phase Brushless DC (BLDC) Motor - A DC motor comprises a stator having at least three windings coupled to a neutral point; a first pair of upper and lower switches for driving a first winding of the at least three windings to a first voltage or in tristate; a second pair of upper and lower switches for driving a second winding of the at least three windings to a second voltage or in tristate; a third pair of upper and lower switches for driving a third winding of the at least three windings to a third voltage or in tristate, one of the first, second or third windings being in tristate; a back electro-motive force (BEMF) signal generation circuit coupled to receive a BEMF voltage from the winding in tristate; a comparator coupled to receive the BEMF voltage and a zero-crossing voltage representing the voltage at the neutral point at a predetermined time and for comparing the BEMF voltage and the zero-crossing voltage to generate a comparison result; a zero-crossing voltage generation circuit to output the zero-crossing voltage to the comparator; and a commutation controller coupled to receive the comparison result and a speed control signal and for using the comparison result and the speed control signal to generate complementary pulse width modulated (PWM) control signals, one of the complementary PWM control signals for controlling an upper switch and the other of the complementary PWM control signals for substantially simultaneously controlling a lower switch. | 09-17-2009 |
Robert Proctor, West Chester, OH US
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20090133581 | VORTEX AIR-OIL SEPARATOR SYSTEM - The present invention provides a vortex generator that may be used in systems for separating oil from air oil mixtures. The vortex generator comprises a rotating disk having a rim having a plurality of passages extending through it and a cavity formed by the rotating disk and a cavity wall wherein a vortex is created when there is a flow through the plurality of passages into the cavity. | 05-28-2009 |
20090134243 | AIR-OIL SEPARATOR - The present invention provides an air-oil separator comprising a first region having a mixture of air and oil, a second region wherein separation of at least some of the oil from the air-oil mixture occurs and at least one multi-directional injector plug located on a rotating component in flow communication with the first region and the second region, the multi-directional injector plug having a discharge head that is oriented such that at least a part of the air-oil mixture discharged therefrom has a component of velocity that is tangential to the direction of rotation of the rotating component. | 05-28-2009 |
20110265490 | FLOW MIXING VENT SYSTEM - A vent system is disclosed having a first flow stream flowing over a first surface in a flow path, a conduit that channels a second flow stream and an aero-chimney that is in flow communication with the conduit and located near the first surface wherein the aero-chimney has a body having an aerodynamic shape having a leading edge portion and a trailing edge portion such that the first flow stream flows around the aero-chimney near the first surface. | 11-03-2011 |
20130031882 | AIR-OIL SEPARATOR - The present invention provides an air-oil separator comprising a first region having a mixture of air and oil, a second region wherein separation of at least some of the oil from the air-oil mixture occurs and at least one multi-directional injector plug located on a rotating component in flow communication with the first region and the second region, the multi-directional injector plug having a discharge head that is oriented such that at least a part of the air-oil mixture discharged therefrom has a component of velocity that is tangential to the direction of rotation of the rotating component. | 02-07-2013 |
20130309079 | TURBINE NOZZLE OUTER BAND AND AIRFOIL COOLING APPARATUS - A turbine nozzle segment includes: an arcuate outer band segment; an airfoil-shaped turbine vane extending radially inward from the outer band segment, the turbine vane having a hollow interior; an impingement baffle assembly secured to the outer band so as to define an impingement cavity in cooperation with the outer band segment, wherein the impingement baffle assembly has at least one impingement hole formed therein which is arranged to direct cooling air at the outer band segment; and at least one impingement insert having at least one impingement hole formed therein disposed in the interior of the turbine vane, the impingement insert mating with an opening in the impingement baffle assembly such that the impingement baffle is isolated from direct fluid communication with the impingement cavity. | 11-21-2013 |
20140030066 | ACTIVE CLEARANCE CONTROL MANIFOLD SYSTEM - Active clearance control systems for gas turbine engines are disclosed. An example active clearance control system may include a generally circumferentially mounted spray tube comprising a plurality of impingement holes arranged to impinge thermal control air on a clearance control component of a case; a rigid mounting assembly substantially rigidly coupling the spray tube to the case; and/or a sliding mounting assembly coupling the spray tube to the case while permitting limited relative movement between the spray tube and the case in a direction generally parallel with an engine axis. The sliding mount may be coupled to the case generally axially forward of the rigid mount. A ratio of the stand-off distance to the impingement hole diameter may be less than about 8. A ratio of the arc spacing to the impingement hole diameter may be less than about 15. | 01-30-2014 |
20140140833 | TURBINE SHROUD MOUNTING AND SEALING ARRANGEMENT - A turbine shroud apparatus for a gas turbine engine having a centerline axis includes: a shroud segment having: an arcuate body extending axially between forward and aft ends and laterally between opposed end faces, wherein each of the end faces includes seal slots formed therein; and an arcuate stationary seal member mounted to the body; a turbine vane disposed axially aft of the shroud segment; and a casing surrounding the shroud segment and the turbine vane; wherein the turbine vane is mounted to the case so as to bear against the stationary seal member, compressing it and forcing the shroud segment radially outward against the casing. | 05-22-2014 |
20140250893 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING LEAKAGE OF AIR BETWEEN MULTIPLE TURBINE COMPONENTS - A turbine comprising a first turbine component being of a first material having a first coefficient of thermal expansion. A second turbine component being of a second material having a second coefficient of thermal expansion, said second turbine component adjacent said first turbine component. A space between said first and second turbine components. A seal assembly sealing said space, wherein at least a portion of said seal assembly has a coefficient of thermal expansion substantially similar to at least one of said first or second turbine components to thereby maintain a seal in said space during thermal expansion or contraction of said first and second turbine components. | 09-11-2014 |
20140271142 | Turbine Shroud with Spline Seal - A turbine shroud assembly comprises a honeycomb rub strip, a metallic backsheet disposed along an upper edge of said honeycomb seal structure, a shroud frame having a first rail and a second rail disposed at lateral edges of said metallic backsheet, a first support and a second support connected to the first rail and the second rail, a spline extending axially in the first rail and the second rail along laterally outer surfaces of the first rail and the second rail and, a spline seal having a first edge and a second opposite edge, the first edge disposed in each of the spline grooves and the second opposite edge being capable of positioning in an adjacent shroud assembly. | 09-18-2014 |
Robert Benjamin Proctor, Mclean, VA US
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20130089769 | THIN FLEXIBLE ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY CELL - An electrochemical energy cell has a galvanic cell including an anode electrode unit, a cathode electrode unit, an electrolyte body between the anode and cathode electrode units and contacting both the anode and cathode electrode units, and a separator layer including the electrolyte body and placed within the cell to contact both the anode and cathode electrode units to bring the anode and cathode electrode units in contact with the electrolyte body. The cathode electrode unit includes a cathode material including a powder mixture of a powder of hydrated ruthenium oxide and one or more additives. The anode electrode unit includes a structure formed of an oxidizable metal, and the separator layer includes a material that is porous to ions in liquid and is electrically non-conductive. A flexible electrochemical cell can be configured for a reduction-oxidation reaction to generate power at a surface of the electrode unit(s). | 04-11-2013 |
20130108935 | ZINC-WATER BATTERY AND SYSTEM | 05-02-2013 |
Robert D. Proctor, Hudson, WI US
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20130061797 | Flagpole System Providing Half-Mast Display Mode - A flag mounting system provides a compact flagpole that may be mounted on a vertical surface or the like. A sliding tubular sleeve on the flagpole supports the flag and in a half-mast position exposes a distal end of the flagpole which is painted black. When the sliding tubular sleeve is extended to a full extension position, this black portion is covered. | 03-14-2013 |
Robert F. Proctor, Carmel, IN US
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20150016972 | BI-CAST TURBINE VANE - One aspect of the present disclosure includes a turbine vane assembly comprising a vane made from ceramic matrix composite material having an outer wall extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge and between a first end and an opposing second end; an endwall made at least partially from a ceramic matrix composite material configured to engage the first end of the vane; and a retaining region including corresponding bi-cast grooves formed adjacent the first end of the vane and a receiving aperture formed in the endwall; wherein a bond is formed in the retaining region to join the vane and endwall together. | 01-15-2015 |
20150261196 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING INCLUDING LAYER-BY-LAYER IMAGING - In some examples, a technique includes forming, on a surface of a first layer of material, a second layer of material using an additive manufacturing process. The technique also may include imaging the second layer using a laser imaging device to generate a second layer image. Further, the technique may include determining, by a computing device, whether a thickness of the second layer, in a direction substantially normal to the surface of the first layer of material, is within a defined range of thickness for the second layer. | 09-17-2015 |
Rod L. Proctor, Seattle, WA US
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20100197322 | METHOD FOR IN-BAND SIGNALING OF DATA OVER DIGITAL WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS - An inband signaling modem communicates digital data over a voice channel of a wireless telecommunications network. An input receives digital data. An encoder converts the digital data into audio tones that synthesize frequency characteristics of human speech. The digital data is also encoded to prevent voice encoding circuitry in the telecommunications network from corrupting the synthesized audio tones representing the digital data. An output then outputs the synthesized audio tones to a voice channel of a digital wireless telecommunications network. | 08-05-2010 |
Ronald A. Proctor, York, SC US
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20110223486 | BIAXIALLY ORIENTED POROUS MEMBRANES, COMPOSITES, AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND USE - At least a selected microporous membrane is made by a dry-stretch process and has substantially round shaped pores and a ratio of machine direction tensile strength to transverse direction tensile strength in the range of 0.5 to 6.0. The method of making the foregoing microporous membrane may include the steps of: extruding a polymer into a nonporous precursor, and biaxially stretching the nonporous precursor, the biaxial stretching including a machine direction stretching and a transverse direction stretching, the transverse direction including a simultaneous controlled machine direction relax. At least selected embodiments of the invention may be directed to biaxially oriented porous membranes, composites including biaxially oriented porous membranes, biaxially oriented microporous membranes, biaxially oriented macroporous membranes, battery separators, filtration media, humidity control media, flat sheet membranes, liquid retention media, and the like, related methods, methods of manufacture, methods of use, and the like. | 09-15-2011 |
Russell C. Proctor, Wake Forest, NC US
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20130257419 | MAGNETIC ENCODER SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT SEATING ACTUATOR - A magnetic encoder system for providing positional feedback from an adjustable surface including first and second intermeshed encoder gears having different numbers of teeth such that the gears rotate different angular amounts depending on a gear tooth ratio, and magnetic encoder chips sensing rotation of the encoder gears and determining an angular relationship of the gears to determine the position of the adjustable surface. | 10-03-2013 |
Scotty R. Proctor, Decatur, AL US
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20130320601 | AUTOMATIC SANDING HOPPER SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Embodiments of the present invention relate to automatic sanding hopper systems and methods for supplying sand to a tap hole in a furnace. The automatic sanding hopper system may automatically open a chimney door to provide access to a furnace through a chimney hole. A hopper assembly in the sanding hopper system may automatically move to a position in which a plunger may automatically actuate to clear or clean out the chimney hole. The hopper assembly may thereafter automatically move to a position in which a sand dispenser delivers sand through the chimney hole, into the furnace, and into the tap hole in the furnace. A sensor device may determine whether or not the tap hole is properly filled with sand. The hopper assembly may automatically retract and the chimney door may automatically close to begin another steelmaking heat. | 12-05-2013 |
Seth Proctor, Arlington, MA US
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20140304306 | Database Management System With Database Hibernation and Bursting - A data processing network includes a database management for a plurality of databases serviced by a server comprising a plurality of data processors. Each server data processor includes a copy of the database management system and a monitor for measuring and analyzing various parameters for each server data processor and each included database and performing various methods transparently to a user. For example, when a parameter or combination thereof indicates that a database in one data processor is inactive or requires additional resources, that database is set to an inactive state or is transferred to another data processor with greater resources, respectively. An inactive database is recalled upon receipt of a request for access to that database. A database in a data processor of greater resources can be returned to a server data processor or another data processor with fewer resources. These operations are transparent to database users and independent of user or administrator intervention. | 10-09-2014 |
Seth Proctor, Concord, MA US
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20090328046 | METHOD FOR STAGE-BASED COST ANALYSIS FOR TASK SCHEDULING - One embodiment may estimate the processing time of tasks requested by an application by maintaining a state-model for the application. The state model may include states that represent the tasks requested by the application, with each state including the average run-time of each task. In another embodiment, a state model may estimate which task is likely to be requested for processing after the current task is completed by providing edges in the state model connecting the states. Each edge in the state model may track the number of times the application transitions from one task to the next. Over time, data may be gathered representing the percentage of time that each edge is from a state node. Given this information, the scheduler may estimate the CPU cost of the next task based on the current state, the most likely transition, and the cost of the predicted next task. The state model may also track multiple users of the application and modify or create the state model as the users traverse through the state model. | 12-31-2009 |
Seth T. Proctor, Concord, MA US
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20080235693 | Methods and apparatus for window-based fair priority scheduling - A system provides a task scheduler to define a priority queue with at least one window and a queue-window key. Each window is an ordered collection of tasks in a task pool of the priority queue and is identified by the queue-window key. The task scheduler sets a task-window key equal to a user-window key when the user-window key is greater than the minimum queue-window key. The task scheduler can further set the task-window key equal to the minimum queue-window key when the user-window key is less than the minimum queue-window key. A maximum task limit per user for each window and a priority increment for the user-window key are further applied to ensure fair scheduling. | 09-25-2008 |
20090265753 | USING OPAQUE GROUPS IN A FEDERATED IDENTITY MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENT - A system and method for using an opaque group within a federated identity management environment, to prevent disclosure of identities of the group. An opaque group is constructed at an identity provider within the system and has a group identity that references primary system identities of its members (e.g., electronic mail addresses, public key certificates, network addresses). Services to the group (e.g., distribution of an object such as a document or electronic mail message, invitation to an online meeting, authentication as a member of the group) can be requested from service providers, but because service providers do not have access to members' primary identities, the service providers forward the requests to an identity provider that has access to the group identity. That identity provider retrieves the members' identities and completes the action. | 10-22-2009 |
20100042973 | METHOD FOR ANALYZING AN XACML POLICY - XACML (eXtensible Access Control Markup Language) documents, PolicySets and Policies can become long, complex and difficult to completely comprehend. A method is provided for facilitating analysis of such code to make it easier to answer questions such as: Given a particular set of Attribute values (and/or others unknown as of now), what is permitted or denied; are any of the rules redundant; are any of the rules inconsistent; for any pair of policies in the code, what set of Attributes will they both return Permit; how can a policy be refactored into an equivalent set of policies in which each branch of the policy tree pertains to specific values of specified Attributes? To facilitate such analysis and refactoring, every Rule in the collection of policies being analyzed is reduced to an equivalent expression in DNF (Disjunctive Normal Form). Some terms, predicates and other elements may be eliminated. | 02-18-2010 |
Shawn S. Proctor, Detroit, MI US
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20150057125 | POWER TRANSMITTING COMPONENT WITH TORQUE TRANSFER DEVICE CONFIGURED WITH DRAG REDUCTION SYSTEM - The present teachings provide for a power transmitting component including a housing, a clutch, a vent, and a dam. The vent can fluidly couple a first and second cavity. The dam can include a door member. Rotation of the outer carrier through a fluid in the second cavity can sling a portion of the fluid toward the vent to cause the portion of the fluid to be transferred from the second cavity, through the vent, and to the first cavity. When the piston is in a first position, the door member can be in a closed position to limit fluid flow from the first cavity to the second cavity. When the piston is in a second position, the door member can be in an open position to allow fluid to flow from the first cavity to the second cavity. | 02-26-2015 |
Steven L. Proctor, Evansville, IN US
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20140202180 | ICE MAKER - A stand alone ice making appliance or an ice maker within an appliance is provided including a water inlet, a water inlet valve disposed within the water inlet configured to allow water passage when in an open position and configured to prevent water passage when in a closed position, a reservoir in fluid communication with the water inlet, a water level sensor disposed in the reservoir, and a control unit in electrical communication with the water level sensor and the water inlet valve. The control unit is configured to calculate a fluid flow rate using the time between the water inlet valve opening and the water level sensor communicating when a first predetermined water level has been reached within the reservoir, and use the calculated flow rate to calculate a total water inlet valve open time to fill the reservoir to a second predetermined water level. | 07-24-2014 |
20140202181 | ICE MAKER - A stand alone ice making appliance or an ice maker within an appliance is provided including a fluid supply inlet, a fluid reservoir that is configured to receive a fluid from the fluid supply inlet, a cooling plate that is in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir, a refrigeration device in thermal contact with the cooling plate that is configured to freeze a predetermined amount of fluid to form a section of ice, a cutter grid configured adjacent the cooling plate to divide the section of ice, wherein at least a portion of the ice produces an excess fluid, an ice storage area in communication with the cutter grid where the storage area has at least one vertical wall, and a fluid diverter configured adjacent the cutter grid that is configured to direct the excess fluid toward the at least one vertical wall. | 07-24-2014 |
Timothy James William Proctor, Columbus, IN US
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20090313991 | Turbocharger cleaning - A turbocharger having a cleaning port communicating between an external surface of the turbocharger housing and an internal cavity which communicates with a component of a gas flow control mechanism. | 12-24-2009 |
20120189433 | VARIABLE GEOMETRY TURBINE - A variable geometry turbine comprising: a housing; a turbine wheel supported in the housing for rotation; an annular inlet passage defined between respective inlet surfaces defined by an annular nozzle ring and a facing annular shroud; the nozzle ring can vary the size of the inlet passage; a circumferential array of inlet vanes; the shroud covering the opening of a shroud cavity defined by the housing inlet passage and inboard of the shroud, and defining a circumferential array of slots, the slots and shroud cavity being configured to receive said vanes accommodating movement of the nozzle ring; wherein the annular shroud comprises an outer flange, the outer flange defining a circumferential groove for receiving a retaining ring for securing the shroud in the opening of the shroud cavity and defined on an inboard side by a flange wall; wherein an annular flange rim extends axially inboard from said flange wall. | 07-26-2012 |
Timothy James Willliam Proctor, Columbus, IN US
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20110252787 | GAS SEALING ARRANGEMENT FOR A VARIABLE GEOMETRY TURBOCHARGER - A piston ring for sealing gas flow past a sliding cylinder is provided at the interface of the turbine and bearing housings, and is axially close to the turbine inlet. A V-band or similar connection joins the turbine and bearing housings but it is axially further away from the turbine inlet. The piston ring is provided with a spacer element between it and the bearing housing that is at least partially thermally decoupled from the bearing housing. | 10-20-2011 |
Valerie Proctor, Topeka, KS US
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20140370148 | HIGHLY DIGESTIBLE PET FOOD FOR IMPROVING STOOL QUALITY - The present disclosure provides highly digestible pet food compositions that, when ingested by an animal, result in reduced stool volume, weight, and odor, and methods of use employing those compositions. | 12-18-2014 |